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\begin{table}[H] \centering 
  \caption{No robust evidence of ex ante protection in China across alternative measures of local leaders' clout} 
  \label{robust_exante_alt_localpwr_cn} 
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\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{1pt}}lccc} 
\\[-1.8ex]\hline 
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 & \multicolumn{3}{c}{\textit{Dependent variable:}} \\ 
\cline{2-4} 
\\[-1.8ex] & \multicolumn{3}{c}{No. of investigations} \\ 
\\[-1.8ex] & (1) & (2) & (3)\\ 
\hline \\[-1.8ex] 
 Province's ties to incumbent GS & $-$0.725 & $-$0.889$^{*}$ & $-$0.457 \\ 
  & (0.447) & (0.454) & (0.436) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Corruption experience & 13.546$^{***}$ & 13.265$^{***}$ & 13.061$^{***}$ \\ 
  & (3.429) & (3.356) & (3.310) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Anti-corruption campaign & 2.597 & 5.424$^{*}$ & 3.418 \\ 
  & (2.253) & (2.762) & (2.092) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Revenue (logged) & 1.804$^{**}$ & 0.820 & 1.308$^{*}$ \\ 
  & (0.688) & (0.860) & (0.585) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Population (logged) & $-$0.129 & 0.774 & 0.369 \\ 
  & (0.477) & (0.471) & (0.450) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Transfer from center (share of revenue) & 0.895 & 0.675 & 0.991$^{*}$ \\ 
  & (0.478) & (0.520) & (0.489) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Beijing and Shanghai dummy &  & 2.637 &  \\ 
  &  & (1.617) &  \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Party Secretary in Politburo &  &  & 1.547$^{*}$ \\ 
  &  &  & (0.704) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
 Constant & $-$19.555$^{**}$ & $-$13.230 & $-$16.598$^{**}$ \\ 
  & (6.593) & (7.754) & (5.897) \\ 
  & & & \\ 
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Year FE & Yes & Yes & Yes \\ 
Observations & 505 & 505 & 505 \\ 
Adjusted R$^{2}$ & 0.671 & 0.674 & 0.675 \\ 
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\textit{Note:}  & \multicolumn{3}{r}{$^{*}$p$<$0.05; $^{**}$p$<$0.01; $^{***}$p$<$0.001} \\ 
\end{tabular} 
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